Category: Sports

2023 QCLGA Member/Guest Golf Tournament

Janet Johnson The Quail Creek Ladies Golf Association (QCLGA) is having our annual member/guest golf tournament, the Copper Quail Classic, April 18 through 20. Our theme is “Swing with Bling.” This year, our event starts out with our optional Horse Race on Tuesday, April 18, at 5 p.m. It’s such a fun event for member/guest teams…

Anza

Anza Athletic Club Schedule of Classes Schedule subject to change – Check Anza or website www.quailcreekhoa.org/activities/fitness_classes.htm. March 15 through April 14, 2023 – Note: Most classes are 55 minutes in length. CLASS                DAY/TIME        LOCATION        INSTRUCTOR Body Blast        T,TH 10 a.m.        Cholla Studio        Lorraine Beaver Chair Yoga        SA 11 a.m.        Cholla Studio        Gail Johnson Classic Fitness        T,TH 11 a.m.        Cholla Studio        Lois Bossert Fit & Strong        T,TH 8 a.m.        Cholla…

Cardio vs. Weight Training

Don Beaver, Director of Fitness We often hear that age-old question, “Which is better, weight training or cardiovascular training?” Well, the answer depends upon what your fitness goal happens to be. Weight Loss Goal. If weight loss is your goal, a healthy approach is to aim for 1 to 1-1/2 pounds per week by reducing your…

Relishing Pickleball: The Lob—Part 3

David Zapatka Continuing our study of Pickleball Fundamentals Master the basics and compete with confidence by Mary Littlewood, following is a summary of her advice regarding how to defend against the lob. How should you defend against the opponents lobbing over your heads? In a word, “communication.” Both partners must communicate with one another. The first priority…

QC Billiards Club Hosts Mission Royale

Dennis Desmond and Alphie Smith The Quail Creek Billiards Club (QCBC) hosted the team from Mission Royale from Casa Grande on Feb. 11 in an 8-Ball Challenge. The matches were competitive, and the games were close. Mission Royale won the tournament with a score of 25 to QCBC’s 23. Members of the QCBC team took…

QCLGA Results

QCLGA Girls Just Want to Have Fun 18-Hole Players, 9-Hole Players, and 1-Putter, January 26 Kathy Thompson Flight 1: 1st T. Nicholsen, D.Wilson, and R. Kauppi; 2nd J. Owens, J. Dlugos, and R. Kauppi Flight 2: 1st D. Knox, P. Rodgers, and S. Newton; 2nd T. Bacon, P. Rodgers, and S. Newton Flight 3: 1st…

Hearts & Pizza & Tennis … Oh My!

Carol Fougere Despite cool winds from the North, 60 enthusiastic Quail Creek Tennis Club members and guests turned out for the club’s annual Valentine’s Pizza Party on Feb. 11. A few good rounds of tennis whipped up appetites for the wonderful homemade salads and decadent desserts generously contributed by club members, not to mention 24…

Larry Brooks—Hole-in-One

Congratulations to fellow QCMGA member Larry Brooks for scoring a hole-in-one on Coyote number 4 on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. Way to go, Larry! Quoting him, “Yes, after more than 55 years of golfing, I finally scored my first hole-in-one. Rudy Natalini and I were playing the Silver/Copper combination tees that day. Our other two regulars…

QCMGA Results

QCMGA Presidents Cup, January 19 and 24, Net Scores Silver Flight 1: 1st Gordon Bobillot 147, 2nd Randy Davis 150, 3rd Robert Anderson 150, 4th Rick Wagner 152 Silver Flight 2: 1st Vance Gross 145, 2nd Dwight Hildebrand 150, 3rd Bob Petitti 152, 4th Joe Lynch 154 Silver Flight 3: 1st Dick Del Fava 145,…